Scrubbing or cleaning brush



Patented Sept. 21,1926.

UNITED ,STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAM HALE, 0F CARLTON, NEAR MELBOURNE, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA.

SCRBBINGOR 'CLEANING BRUSH. y

Application filed September 26, 1924, Serial No. 740,093, and in Australia Gctober 12, 1923.

This invention has reference to scrubbing or cleaning brushes and has for its object the provision of means for detachably combining a block or bar of soap with said device enabling the user to control the quantity of soap .used in the scrubbing or clean'- ing voperation and to prevent the laborious task of imparting a soapy film to the surface of the brush or other cleaning device, by rubbing said surface with the soap or other cleaning medium in order to provide said brush with the necessary quantity thereof.

But in order to more readily understand the invention reference will now be made to the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a sectional View of a brush constructed according to this invention.

Figure 2 is a similar View showing soap block in operative position.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the soap holder in end elevation.

Figure 4 is a sectional elevation of soap holder. y

Fig. 5 is a detail view showing the use of thel pivots of the spring control plate as a securing means.

According to this invention the brush stock 5 is formed at one or both ends with an opening adapted to receive a metal holding device which may be detachably aiiixed to 4said stock.

This holding device consists essentially of a rectangular shell 6 formed on the upper portion with a iianged or rolled edge 7 adapted to engage the upper surface 8 of the brush stock 5`and near one end of said shell 6 is mounted a spring. controlled plate V9 which is positioned in the shell 6 and said adapted to hold the soap block 10 in posirim of the shell 6 and project inwardly of tion by exerting pressure against the side thereof so that it may not slip through and will always be in constant engagement with the surface being cleaned.

The shel16 is held in position on the brush stock 5 by meansV of screws or other vfastening devices which pass through eXtensions 11-12 formed on the ends of therpivot pin 13 of the spring controlled plate 9.'

1 4,.one end of vwhich is secured to said plate Aand theoth'er end to ythe brushV stock 5 by means of a screw 15 which passesA into the stock 5.

'.Whe'n in `use the soap block 10 is posi. tioned within the shell 6 and if'desired the f soap block' 10 may project beyond the upper tially of forming an opening or Disposed behind-'the plate 9`is a spring.

surface of the brush stock 5 so that the necessity of frequent changing of soap is eliminated to a certain extent.

The soap block 10 when in use is pressed vthrough the opening of the brush stock until it takes thesame plane as the scrubbing sur-r face of the bristles 16 when the scrubbing or cleaning Aoperation may be proceeded with.

As the soap wears down the pressure of the iinger on top ofthe soap block 10 is suiiicientto cause it to drop or slide downwardly within the shell 6 already described and immediately the pressure is released from said soap the spring plate 9 herein describedholds the soapblock 10 in position out of line with the surface until further pressure is applied `when it moves to the surface to be scrubbed.

@n the insertion of the soap 10 into the shell 6 said soap and shell rise clear of surface contact as shown by dotted line, Figure 2, by the action of the spring 14 which also serves to hold the soap 10 within the shell 6, the soap 10 being assisted to retain its position in the shell by forming a bead 6a near the lower edge of the shell.

When it is desired to impart a soapy film to the surface being scrubbed the finger of the user is pressed lon the soap block 10 and when the finger is released therefrom' the soap l10 and shell 6 riseclear of surface Contact. y

A latch 9 is mounted on the brush stock 5 tooverlie and hold the soap block. n This latch is of Z-form with the lower portion pivotally mounted on the block and the upper Vportion velevated so that it may be readilyturned to a position to overlie the the saine to overlie the soap block, as shown i a brush stock adaptedto receive a metal' ded with a spring plate 9 to shell 6 provi hold the soap. y

l/Vh'at I claim as my invention vand desire to secure-by lLetters, yPatent is f 1. A brush having aV stock formed with an opening, a metal shell secured within the opening 'and having an upper marginal edge resting upon theupper surface of the stock, and a spring pressed plate mounted Within the shell, the pivot means for the plate being extended through the Walls of the shell and overlying and bearing upon the upper surface of the stock to pro- Vide means by which seid pivot may be secured to thewstook.

2. [i brush steek forinedwith an opening` therethrough, e soep reeeiving shell arranged in seid openinga suidfsheii'having a length exceeding that of the soap bioek to be inserted therein, and means pivotaily mounted in one end of ythe shell to exert a `raising pressure on the proximate end o1 the soap block, whereby to permit the soap pivotally p block to be depressed under pressure thereon tending to dispiace snidpivoted means.

K 3. A scrubbing brush having a stock formed with lan opening therethrough, a metal shell adapted to be secured in said opening and to aeeonnnodnte a, soap bloek, a plate pivotally mounted in the 'shell with its operative end adapted to engage the soep block, and a spring between said plate and sheii to permit pressure on seid soep block to'dispieee the plate against the tension orn the spring. l

Signed et Melbourne, this 10th dey of Miu-oh, w24.

WILLIAM HALE.

Victorin', Australia,V` 

